Published date: 8 June 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 8 July 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0 to £80,500

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN548706-51673077

Published date

8 June 2021

Closing date

8 July 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 August 2021

Contract end date

30 August 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are looking to engage an organisation that will provide Foundation Simulation Training Virtual Reality (West Midlands).

Health Education England are inviting bidders to submit a tender response to provide virtual reality training sessions for all Foundation year 1 Trainees working in the West Midlands. To successfully implement this, we require an individual license for all Foundation Year 1 doctors so that they can utilise the equipment that our Trusts have embedded in their simulation suites.

This is designed to augment the existing physical simulation sessions by delivering the same techniques using new technology and allowing trusts to scale the delivery of simulation-based education for trainees without the need to significantly expand faculty. In addition, it helps overcome some of the capacity issues secondary to the COVID pandemic and social distancing.

The virtual reality simulation has been widely adopted in other specialities and can bridge the gap between theory and practice immersing the learner in a realistic, dynamic, complex setting.

The maximum financial envelope for this procurement exercise is £80,500 exclusive of Vat per year. The contract period will be for 1 year with the option to extend by up to a further two years (1+1) subject to annual review and available budget.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is 8th July 2021 at 12:00pm (midday).

Late submissions will not be accepted therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise.

The Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system and not with the Contracting Authority itself other than as expressly permitted within this ITT.

Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the ProContract dedicated Supplier Helpdesk at: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Ambrose

Address

1st Floor, Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 0

Email

sarah.ambrose@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/